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Management of Mittel Rhein AG of Kln, Germany, would like to reduce the amount of time between when a customer places an order and when the order is shipped. For the first quarter of operations during the current year the following data were reported Inspection time Wait time (from order to start of production) Process time Move time Queue time 0.4 days 15.7 days 3.3 days 0.8 days 3.7 days Required 1. Compute the throughput time. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) hroughput time days 2. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for the quarter. (Round your answer to the nearest whole percentage (i.e., 0.12 should be entered as 12).) Manufacturing cycle efficiency 3. What percentage of the throughput time was spent in non-value-added activities? (Round your answer to the nearest whole percentage (i.e., 0.12 should be entered as 12).) Non-value-added throughput time 4. Compute the delivery cycle time. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 1 decimal place.) Delivery cycle time days 5. If by using Lean Production all queue time during production is eliminated, what will be the new MCE? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole percentage (i.e., 0.12 should be entered as 12).) New manufacturing cycle efficiency

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